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review 2020-11-06 21:51
PROSE AND CONS by Amanda Flower
Prose and Cons - Amanda Flower

Once again Violet stumbles over a body. This time it is a Red Inker who is to read during the Poe-try Reading during the Wine and Food Festival in Cascade Springs. Violet feels it is up to her to solve the murder so a friend won't be arrested on circumstantial evidence. David Rainwater keeps telling her to mind her own business but she doesn't listen and harm comes to her. Now there are more questions than answers in Violet's life and in the murder and secrets are revealed.

 

I am enjoying this series. I like Violet and adore Emerson. That is one cat who has a mind of his own. I am also enjoying the triangle of Violet, David, and Nathan. I know which way I want that to go. The recurring characters are great and a few new ones are introduced. The mystery was good. I, once again, did not figure it out until it was spelled out for me at the end! I look forward to more in this series.

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text 2020-06-15 12:21
Reading progress update: I've read 48 out of 480 pages.
Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose - Ted Hughes

So far mostly book reviews.

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text 2020-06-11 16:30
Reading progress update: I've read 25 out of 480 pages.
Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose - Ted Hughes

An incredibly vivid account of a dream that told Hughes to give up studying English because it was killing his ideas; his final  year at Cambridge was Archaeology and Anthropology, instead.

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text 2020-06-11 11:46
Reading progress update: I've read 8 out of 480 pages.
Winter Pollen: Occasional Prose - Ted Hughes

I read this many years ago, not long after publication and failed to get much from it. Now, with a much greater knowledge of Hughes, his life, work and approach to criticism, as well as more familiarity with some of the writers under discussion, I hope to gain more.

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review 2019-08-28 15:59
Swan: Poems and Prose Poems - Mary Oliver
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-Cycle

Wow, what a beautiful collection of poems. 

I picked this up on a whim from the Recently Returned cart at the library. I've been trying to read more poetry lately and was drawn in my the simple title and lovely cover art. 

Then I started reading it. Oh my goodness. This is the first book by Mary Oliver that I have read and I was not prepared for how lovely it would be.

The book consists of poems inspired by the natural world. From trees and flowers to birds and foxes, this book explores the beauty, mystery, magic of nature and how humans fit within its realm. 

When I first started reading this book, a few of the poems felt almost like random lists to me, but as I read more and sort of got to know Oliver, I realized the magic of her words. I think she said it best when she admits, "Okay, I confess to wanting to make a literature / of praise." That pretty much sums up this book. Yet my initial speculation of randomness was quickly dispelled as I picked up the awe with which Oliver writes about the natural world. The reader can actual feel how much she loves and is inspired by the world around her. Each poem, each line resonates with an inner awe within us all. It creates for a truly amazing read. 

This is such a wonderful, beautiful, amazing collection. I loved it. I have already added a ton of Oliver's other books to my ever-growing TBR list. I am glad to have found another poet that I really enjoy. Also, that sassy poem at the end was hilarious and everything I needed as a writer. Definitely worth the read.
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